Nord Stream 2 gets all required permits in Germany

Nord Stream 2 AG on March 27 received the permit for the construction and operation of the pipeline system in the German Exclusive Economic Zone.

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The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency of Germany (BSH) "issued the permit for this approximately 30-kilometers-long route section in accordance with the Federal Mining Act," according to the project's press service.

The Stralsund Mining Authority had previously approved the construction and operation in German territorial waters (within 12 nautical miles) and the landfall area on January 31, 2018, according to the report.

It is noted that the national permitting procedures in the other four countries along the route – Russia, Finland, Sweden and Denmark – are proceeding as planned. "Further permits are expected to be issued in the coming months. Accordingly, scheduled construction works are to be implemented in 2018 as planned," the report says.

The Nord Stream-2 project envisages the construction and commissioning of two strings of a gas pipeline with a total capacity of 55 billion cubic meters per year. It is supposed to run from the Russian coast to Germany along the bottom of the Baltic Sea.

Naftogaz of Ukraine CEO Andriy Kobolyev has stated that Nord Stream 2 in no way contributes to the diversification of gas supplies to the European Union and neither does it provide the EU access to new sources of gas. In addition, Kobolev noted that the pipeline could deprive Ukraine of its transit revenues.

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